Space Merchant

This game sucks ass!!! Gross looking port from mobile, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ UI! Small or even any content! and plus It says this is an early access in-game, if this is a early access PUT IT ON THE STORE PAGE! And our saves can be deleted with every update, this is an IDLE game if my progress will be deleted every update why should I even play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game!

TL;DR: good time-killer, but the mobile version is less predatory. Will update if DLC are purchased. Alright, here's the deal: I'm one of the mobile users who, during beta, asked for this to be on Steam; when I did that, I was expecting more effort to be put into making this game good on Steam, since it'd allow for story expansion and universe exploration than mobiles could, but the game is literally a direct transport with not-insignificant features locked behind paywalls far too costly for what they're worth. The first actual fighter ship is locked behind a pay wall but is necessary for most of the late-stage missions in the first area, except its research, which is part of the paywall, can't even be discovered until a warp ticket is used. The game has too many barriers and too little reward for the cost of the DLC. If they were $2 each and had a discount bundle, I could recommend this on PC, but if you're interested in this in the long haul, go for the mobile version - last I checked, the ships weren't pay-to-play there. I've played the three Merchant games on mobile, and beta-joined two because I enjoyed the first so much; they're all good time-killers, but it seems Retora relied on more aggressive "pay me" tactics for Steam and that's why this game is rated so low.

why the ♥♥♥♥ has this game merchant in the name??? u send ships on a mission and get loot and after that u sell the loot that not a merchant its a mercenary ffs i mean it looked good i had it in my wishlist for a while expecting a trading game well its not that bad of a game but has absolutely nothing to do with merchants sadly

This game may be for you, but it is simply not for me. I got bored with this game really fast as there seems to be no challenge. Do missions, upgrade ship and yard and that's it. Review at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBwdvQp5gE

I have 300+ hrs on Merchant RPG and this is nothing like it. btw. why on earth there are only females to choose from for a crew? Complete garbage.

Another typical idle 'lets farm your active attention' game. Ignore (Steam should have ban abilities to get rid of this ****, but no it's a money farm for them.)

The interface is just un-fun. Merchant had a really slick interface and it was fun to grind, this game feels like work- I dont know what I would change, but they need a massive UI overhaul imho

Nice Game! Very enjoyable gameplay. Nice space atmosphere. I had a good time!